Ornamented article and method of making the same



April l7,- 1928.

G. R. HOUGHTALING ORNAMENTED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME FiledJan. 11. 1926 Patented Apr. 17. 19 28. r

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I wm'entednarticles and to a method of makingthe same, an'f obj'ect ofthis 'invention being to'provide an article formed of two metal partssouni-ted that the connect ng means betweenfthem is not visible from theface of the, article, ,wl1ile,at the same time,

' the connectionis"efi'ectedwithout soldering and in a way, which isinexpensive to manufacture. Another ob eetofthe nvention is i tojflqwone; metal on" face of another within a. predetermined area so; thata'neat and regular dividin linebetween thel'two a pointed out in theappended c p In the drawings:

1 pieces is formed. till anotherpbject of theinvention is to provide'foruniting two. nietal parts r-eshapin'g theedges of one of th'em'andornamen'ting" the other in one operation.

-With these'and other objects in view the invention consists in thesteps and devicesparticularly (hereinafter set forth and aims.

F ig. 1 is a perspective view of the main or body. part after the latterhas been pro-,

vided with the continuous series of openings; 1 I h Fig. 2 is aperspective view ofthe other part after it has been cut to provide thesecuring prongs;

F 1g. 3 is aperspective viewYshowing the part illustrated in Fig. 2'after the securing prongs havebeen bent laterally;

" the pressure takes place;

formed;

"Fig; 4 is a plan view showing the ,two

' parts connected beforethe pressure is applied; I

Fig. 5 is a view showing the parts a'liter Fig. (5 is a rear view ofthe'parts after the operation-shown in Fig. 5. has been per- Fig. 7 is-asectional view showing the oper- 'iation of the dies for forming thearticle as shown in Fig. 5; and -1 Fig. 8 is a p'erspective view of abelt buckle frame made from the'article as shown in Fig. 5.

In carrying out this invention a sheet metal plate 1 preferably of softmaterial such as bronze is provided with a continuous series ofelongated rectangular openings 2. I A second piece of metal is cutpreferably from soft material such as silver to provide a blank such asillustrated in Fig. 2, comprising a central portion 3 with marginaltion3, the edge} of the insert vhens vi'ewed prongs in tl1erewith., I prongs4- .are then bent. laterally illustrated "at e -in F ig.3'andfthe'selateral "prongs which are spaced apart the-same "distanceas" the opening 2 and have the same cross e -a 11 are then introducedinto theopeningsflj; so that the prongs 4 project bnthe ppqsite' side ofthe piece 1. "Owingjtothe{f actthat the prongs 4 are bent fromfthecencra1-,p1

ject'ed to pressure [between 'twolf'dies 5 and" 6 not which onlyportiens are shown. The die 6 is preferably flatand cooperates with 'the prongs 4 to bend-them outwardly as shown QThe prongs after' insertionin "the bps-sing i I i of the p t .2. r d'el t a 'dly small extent. Thetwofpieces are now subat 4- Fig.7, and the pressurebetween the dies issuch that these prongs areforced into the soft metal of the main part 1as illustrated in Fig. 7. The die 5 is formed with a central pocket 7,the area of which is slightly greater than the area of the main portion;3, this central pocket-having ifdesirecLI an ornamental figure 8 at itscenter which will cooperate with the outer surface of thepart 3 toornament the latter. The-die 5 also has surrounding the pocket 7 amarginal lip 9v which conforms to the outline of the piece 3 and forms agroove in the piece 1 immediately about the piece 3. The die 5 may haveany other ornamentation such, for instance,"as

lVhen the two *die membersare brought together the prongs on the member3 are forced into the soft metal of the part 1 and the metal of the part3 flows under the compression until it reaches the inner surface of theprojection 9, such inner surfacelimiting the .will produce thedesign 10on the piece 1.

flowin and )roducin a" uniform ed -eonh t) b WVhat I claim asmyinvention anddesir e to secure by Letters Patent is: 1

1. An ornamental article comprising a:

, nal edges flowed and coincident with the inner wall of the'endlessgroove of the first mentioned piece, said insert havinga prong extendingtherefrom through the opening of the first mentioned piece and deflectedon the rear face of the latter.

2. An ornamental article comprising two sheet'metal pieces of softmaterial having opposed flat faces lying in flowed intimate contact, oneof said pieces being larger in area than the other and formed with anendless series of openings and the other having marginal prongsextending through said openings with their ends embedded in and flushwith the rear face of the piece of larger area, the piece of larger areahaving an endless groove on that face on which the small member isarranged, the metal of the piece of smaller area being flowed andextending to the inner wall of sand groove.

3. An ornamental article comprising a sheet metal piece formed with anendless series of openings, and a second sheet metal piece of softmaterial having marginal prongs extending through said openings, and

bent on vthe opposite faceflof the first menone of said pieces beinglarger in area'than the other and formed with an endless series ofopenings and the other having marginal prongs extending through saidopenings with their ends embedded in and flush Wltll the rear face ofthe piece of larger area, the piece of larger area having anendlessgroove on that face on which the small member is arranged, the metal ofthe piece of small area extendingto'the inner'wall of said groove.

GUY HOUGHTALING;

